Mildura aged-care centres at risk due to funding crisis

Danielle Meddemmen

THE Mildura aged-care sector is at crisis point, placing 384 vulnerable residents and 325 jobs at risk. “It is a matter of when, not if, these facilities are forced to close their doors unless they get more funding,” Chaffey Aged Care chief executive Darren Midgley warned this week. A broken funding model, budget cuts and […]

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